RML
AD GROUP and the LE MANS 24 HOURS

Since
2004, RML AD Group has competed annually in the
Le Mans 24 Hours - the pinnacle of international
sportscar racing and the one of the toughest motor
racing events of its kind anywhere in the world.

It
is a trial of man and machine where merely taking
the chequered flag is considered an achievement
that ranks equal to winning many lesser races.
To stand on the podium at Le Mans is something
that many drivers include high on their list of
racing aspirations. Few tick that box, but Mike
Newton and Thomas Erdos have done it twice with
RML AD Group. They took the LMP2 class for the
first time in 2005, and then followed that with
a second successive victory in 2006.

Each
year they are joined by a third driver. Sharing
that first win with the two RML regulars in
2005 was Warren Hughes, former Formula 3 champion
and an ex-works driver for MG. The following
year their success was shared with 1988 overall
Le Mans winner, Andy Wallace - the only contemporary
sportscar driver to have won all the major "classics".
In 2009 the RML Lola Mazda was co-driven
by American racer Chris Dyson. In 2010, that
third seat was once again occupied
by Andy Wallace, and the trio finished third
in LMP2, eighth overall. In 2011 the team
returned with the Honda ARX-01d
HPD and a new "third" driver in
Ben Collins, finishing 4th in LMP2.

The
links below can be used to explore full details
of the team's visits to the famous La Sarthe
circuit.

Year

Dates

Car

Drivers

Link

2011

11th-12th
June

Honda
ARX-01d HPD

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Ben Collins

2010

12th-13th
June

Lola B08/80 HPD

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Andy Wallace

2009

13th-14th
June

Lola Mazda B08/86

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Chris Dyson

2008

14th-15th
June

MG
Lola EX265

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Andy Wallace

2007

16th-17th
June

MG
Lola EX264

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Andy Wallace

2006

15th-16th
June

MG
Lola EX264

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Andy Wallace

2005

18th-19th
June

MG
Lola EX264

Mike
Newton, Thomas Erdos, Warren Hughes

Please
click on the link to visit the report and
coverage for each year of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Please note that some of these links will
take you to our companion website at www.mg-lola.com.